In her artistic practice, Silva Agostini examines how historical time does not simply vanish but remains embedded in various cultural forms, as influential part of the everyday present. Central to her work are contexts in which temporal continuity becomes visible, shaping a constantly evolving image of human existence within the world. Urban environments, along with performative expressions such as opera, theater, stand-up comedy, and acrobatics, often serve as key subjects within her projects. In her engagement with theoretical texts, traditional and religious practices too flow into her work. Through these cultural forms, she approaches the complexity of the present and explores the nature of being, which she understands as inherently fluid and continuously shifting. Her artistic practice encompasses photography, video, site-specific interventions.

Silva Agostini grew up in Tirana during the final years of Albania's communist regime. Film and cinematography, especially Italian Neo Realism, had a significant influence on her becoming an artist. She witnessed the collapse of the regime, the country's opening, and the turbulent transition that followed during her teenage years. These dramatic shifts left a profound mark on her artistic identity, as she perceived the images of Albanias cities and landscapes during this period as a stark expression of human existentiality. 

She began her art studies in Tirana, moved later to Berlin, where she graduated and received her Master Degree at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Silva Agostinis works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany and Europe, including: Villa Medici Rom, Elevation 1049 Gstaad, Draussenstadt – Call for action Berlin, National Gallery Tirana, Bazament Tirana, Belvedere 21 Wien, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Basis Frankfurt, Grieder Contemporary Zürich, Macedonian Museum of contemporary art Thessaloniki, the Muzeul National de arta contemporana Bucharest, Gallery Isabella Czarnowska Berlin, Kunstsammlung Gera, as well as at the Tirana Biennale. She received the Onufri Award in 2014 and has attended the TICA Residency in 2016 and the Art House in Shkodra 2018. She was a founding member of the project space “Very” in Berlin.